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PARTS OF A TREE. 



difficulty was considerable of conveying infor- 

 mation of this sort to parties so young. But I 

 relied much on the attention which I knew 

 our little audience would bestow, as well as on 

 their natural readiness and quickness of appre- 

 hension. 



PARTS OF A TREE. 



The parts of a tree, of which we take prin- 

 cipal notice, are the root, the stem, the bark, 

 the timber or wood, the leaves, the flowers, 

 the fruit, and the juices or sap. A tree, like 

 the body of an animal, is a vascular structure ; 

 that is, it consists of an almost infinite number 

 of vessels for the transmission of juices, which 

 supply with nourishment all the other parts." 



